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WoW Factor: Are Heroic dungeons the original sin of World of Warcraft’s current issues?
The launch of The Burning Crusade's pre-patch in WoW Classic has me thinking about the features that expansion brought to World of Warcraft. I know, really it...
DreamScapes Dimensions is an early access first-person medieval MMORPG that comes from a ‘single indie hobbyist developer’
MMORPG development is hard for some of the largest studios out there, but then again a single person also made a phenomenal multiplayer life...
The Vault of Glass raid returns to Destiny 2 on May 22 with a race to world first
The starting gun will sound in Destiny 2 this coming Saturday, May 22nd, as the looter shooter will reintroduce the Vault of Glass raid,...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Fall of Khazad-dûm raid and update 30 class balancing are now in testing
Delays are behind it now: Lord of the Rings Online has opened up its test server with update 30 in tow as promised, so...
Mike Morhaime’s new company teams up with other ex-Blizzard studios for mutual support
The story of Blizzard's most notable leaders doesn't end the moment they walk out of that studio's doors forever. For example, former Blizz president...
Casually Classic: Fondly looking back at World of Warcraft’s Burning Crusade beginner zones
Whenever discussion about Burning Crusade turns to which zones players like the best, it's almost always focused solely on the seven additional Outland regions...
Flameseeker Chronicles: The disappointing second half of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga
Welcome to part two of this overview of Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga. Last time, I talked about how the first half of...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Update 30’s 12-player raid
Oh, Azog, will you never change? That long-running adversary is a naughty chap indeed in need of stern discipline. A preview of that spanking...
Destiny 2 brings back Future War Cult weapons, dates the next Iron Banner, and plans to sell baby Fallen plushies
The weekly Bungie newsletter is very often a stew of various things, but this week certainly seems more mixed than most as it outlines...
Everything we learned from the Final Fantasy XIV Digital Fan Festival 2021
Update: We've now summarized the event after the intro; the liveblog itself can still be found in the comments. The original intro follows.
It's time,...
Massively on the Go: Why Pokemon Go’s COVID changes should stay, not roll back
Pokemon Go’s already tried rolling back some of its COVID features, and between the original announcement of its June disappearance and the announcement of...
WoW Classic backs down on cloning prices, connects soon-to-be-desolated servers
You see, it wasn't just us complaining about the obscenely high price point of WoW Classic's upcoming cloning service. The $35 option received so...
Massively Overthinking: Should PvP MMOs offer PvE servers?
Last week, we covered the revelation that Corepunk is considering adding PvE servers to roster, and I have to say I didn't see it...
Survival shooter Generation Zero introduces base defense gameplay and new craftable items in the Resistance update
The co-op survival FPS Generation Zerio has introduced some potentially intriguing features to its gameplay loop, not the least of which is a shift...
Four Winds: Final thoughts on Elyon’s first closed beta test
Elyon's closed beta test came and went, and boy am I happy with what I played. It was unfortunate that the test fell on...
World of Warcraft’s lead system designer Morgan Day talks about Torghast, raid design, and class tuning
When is patch 9.1 arriving for World of Warcraft? According to a new interview with lead system designer Morgan Day, the answer is still "soon."...
The Daily Grind: Why won’t World of Warcraft add player housing?
Out of all of the many frustrating decisions that Blizzard has made, its stubborn refusal to add a proper player housing system to World...
Casually Classic: Yeah, those Burning Crusade Classic prices are stupid high
If there's anything that Blizzard excels in doing these days, it's taking a slam-dunk publicity announcement and turning it into a hurricane of poop....
Wisdom of Nym: What to expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s digital fan festival
I had this dream the other night wherein somehow, we had the digital fan festival for Final Fantasy XIV but didn't learn any new...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its upcoming Moogle Treasure Festival for the digital Fan Festival
When the digital fan festival kicks off for Final Fantasy XIV on May 14th, the digital events start too. Want to pick up some emotes?...
